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   Dark and best kept secrets about Our Social Security.

              Many years ago in Seattle, two wonderful neighbors,
             Elliott and Patty Roosevelt came to my home to swim on
               a regular basis.  They were a great couple full of
              laughter and stories that today I continue to marvel
             at.  Both are now deceased, but their stories remain.
              During the years of our friendship we had many, many
           discussions about Elliott's parents (President Franklin D.
              and Eleanor Roosevelt) and how his father and mother
               never intended for the Social Security and Welfare
             programs to turn out the way they are today.  Elliott
             used to say that if his parents returned to earth and
              saw what the politicians had done to their programs
                  they would have burned all of them in hell.

             Here is a story I received today regarding the Social
                 Security Program and I immediately thought of
                   Elliott's comments.  I Hope you will read
                            this and think about it.
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             Franklin Roosevelt, a Democrat, introduced the Social
                    Security (FICA) Program.  He  promised:

                 1.) That participation in the Program would be
                             completely voluntary,

                2.) That the participants would only have to pay
                     1% of the first $1,400 of their annual
                           incomes into the Program,

               3.) That the money the participants elected to put
                   into the Program would be deductible from
                    their income for tax purposes each year,

                4.) That the money the participants put into the
                 independent "Trust Fund" rather than into the
                  General operating fund, and therefore, would
                    only be used to fund the Social Security
                        Retirement Program, and no other
                            Government program, and,

                 5.) That the annuity payments to the retirees
                        would never be taxed as income.
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             Since many of us have paid into FICA for years and are
              now receiving a Social Security check every month --
              and then finding that we are getting taxed on 85% of
              the money we paid to the Federal government to "put
                away" -- you may be interested in the following:
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             Q: Which Political Party took Social Security from the
                  independent "Trust Fund" and put it into the
                 General fund so that Congress could spend it?
                A: It was Lyndon Johnson and the democratically
                          controlled House and Senate.
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               Q: Which Political Party eliminated the income tax
               deduction for Social Security (FICA) withholding?

                            A: The Democratic Party.
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                 Q: Which Political Party started taxing Social
                             Security annuities????
               A: The Democratic Party, with Al Gore casting the
               "tie-breaking" deciding vote, as President of the
                Senate, while he was Vice President of the USA .

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                Q: Which Political Party decided to start giving
                        annuity payments to immigrants?

                              This is MY FAVORITE:

      A: That's right!  Jimmy Carter! And the Democratic Party of course!
               Immigrants moved into this country, and at age 65,
                 began to receive Social Security payments! The
                 Democratic Party gave these payments to them,
                  even though they never paid a dime into it!
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          Then, after doing all this lying and thieving and violating
                 of the original contract (FICA), the Democrats
                 turn around and tell you that the Republicans
                    want to take your Social Security away!

                   And the worst part about it is uninformed
                              citizens believe it!
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                 If enough people receive this, maybe a seed of
                awareness will be planted and maybe changes will
                evolve.  Maybe not!.. many Democrats are awfully
                            sure of what isn't so!!